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Dramaturgical Practice – Some Thoughts On Working On Actions in Performance

Posted by Konstantina Georgelou, Efrosini Protopapa, and Danae Theodoridou | 9th Oct 2016 | Dramaturgy, Essay

For three years, between 2013-2016, we regularly invited theatre-makers, choreographers,...

New Plays in Germany

Posted by Christine Wahl | 9th Oct 2016 | Essay, Germany, Playwriting

The new theatre texts that have been presented in the 2015/16 season at play markets in...

The Others: Ensemble Workshops with Syrian Refugees

Posted by Dyane Stillman | 5th Oct 2016 | Applied Theatre, Essay

I moved to Lebanon this August to join the faculty of ACS at Beirut, after having spent six years...

The Labor of Sense-Making

Posted by Julien Bruneau | 3rd Oct 2016 | Dramaturgy, Essay

The labor of sense-making On spectatorship and the oracular potential of art To make sense We are...

The Origin of Armenian Theatre and Transformation of Theatrical Process.

Posted by Ani Harutyunyan | 30th Sep 2016 | Armenia, Directing, Essay

The 20th century became a critical point for Armenian theatre. The development of artistic process...

Welsh Theatre – Curse or Blessing?

Posted by Ian Rowlands | 30th Sep 2016 | Dramaturgy, Essay, United Kingdom

“Though we have a nascent theatre tradition, we do have a long tradition of performance…Our writers are indicative of a nation that is still wrestling…with positive identifications of self.” – Ian Rowlands

Gianina Cărbunariu: Documentary Theatre With Political Focus

Posted by Cristina Modreanu | 29th Sep 2016 | Documentary Theatre, Essay, Romania, Theatre and Politics

A powerful trend in Romanian new drama in the past few years focuses on re-discovering of the...

The Vrystaat Kunstefees: Developing Creative Industries in the Free State, Part I

Posted by Ricardo Peach | 29th Sep 2016 | Essay, Festivals, Participatory Theatre, South Africa

The Vrystaat Arts Festival aims to contribute to the exchange of ideas around art, culture, and...

What Is Devised Theatre?

Posted by Martine Kei Green-Rogers | 28th Sep 2016 | Devised Theatre, Essay

Depending on who you talk to, devised theatre has numerous definitions. Eric Grode on the TDF...

“I Am Not a Nazi, But…”- Plays on the Swing to the Right

Posted by Christine Wahl | 22nd Sep 2016 | Essay, Germany, Theatre and Politics

The German theatre has responded to the swing to the right in society. It has thereby proceeded to...

Egyptian-German Collaboration: My Journey in Earthport

Posted by Fadi Fayad Skeiker | 20th Sep 2016 | Essay, Theatre and Politics, Transcultural Collaborations

Earthport was performed in Berlin and Cairo in 2016. This article is based on the Berlin...

Shifting Perspectives in the Contemporary Israeli Political Theatre

Posted by Gad Kaynar | 18th Sep 2016 | Essay, Israel

The late Israeli critic, Dr. Shosh Avigal, wrote in 1996 that: “It is private life that is...

Kyôgen Comedies’ Embedded Dramaturgy: 13 Lessons for Theater Practitioners

Posted by Jonah Salz | 15th Sep 2016 | Dramaturgy, Essay, Japan

Kyôgen (狂言) are short, stylized comedies performed between somber masked-dance noh (能) for over...

Sequins and Symphonies: How Opera Ran Away With the Circus

Posted by Peta Tait | 12th Sep 2016 | Australia, Essay, Theatre and Opera

Circus has always shamelessly borrowed from other performance forms. It has coopted all types of...

DramAcum Movement in New Romanian Theater

Posted by Cristina Modreanu | 11th Sep 2016 | Essay, Romania, Theatre and Politics

In key historical moments, theater, as the most political of all arts, is one of the best ways to...

Good Dramaturgy Is Invisible: Friedrich Schirmer, Marcus Grube & Judith Engel

Posted by Judith Engel | 7th Sep 2016 | Dramaturgy, Essay

What can good dramaturgy achieve? For the presentation of the Marie Zimmermann Fellowship for...

From China With Love: Tang Xianzu was the Shakespeare of the Orient

Posted by Mary Mazzilli | 7th Sep 2016 | China, Essay, Playwriting

In his 400th anniversary year, Shakespeare is still rightly celebrated as a great wordsmith and...

The Problem of ‘Performability’ in Theatre Translation

Posted by Martin Boyd | 6th Sep 2016 | Essay, Translation

In her article, “Performability versus Readability,” Greek-Canadian translator and translation...

Taiwanese Experimental and Queer Theater: Always Political, Always Queer

Posted by KaiChieh Tu | 4th Sep 2016 | Essay, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Taiwan

Taiwan is currently celebrating vibrant queer scenes (one of the biggest Pride in Asia) and a...

An Actor’s Future-Not Even Television Will Save Them

Posted by Manuel de Loren | 4th Sep 2016 | Acting, Essay

In Spain, as everywhere, working in your trade—and not any other area—is not easy for everyone. Only forty-six actors and actresses out of a hundred could find work between 2014 and 2016. And almost a third of the acting professionals live under the poverty threshold and almost two thirds move between meager and just decent earnings.